Best Nonfiction
The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley's Masterpiece by Roseanne Montillo (William Morrow)
Being Cool: The Work of Elmore Leonard by Charles J. Rzepka (Johns Hopkins University Press)
The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower (Minotaur Books)

2 comments:

Priscilla
said...

An impressive lineup here! I love to check out the non-fictions too because bios of authors, genre studies and such are fun. I see someone has done a book on Elmore Leonard's books. Another to check out. No dent in the TBRs!

Every compulsive reader has a tottering stack of to-read books somewhere. It's great to see some books--like Rankin's, Cook's, and and Penny's--showing up on multiple "best of" lists. My iPOD queue is long enough! My review of Krueger's Edgar-winner posted today at http://www.vweisfeld.com Keep them coming!